Clarence John Brown III, known as Clancy Brown, (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor.
Brown began his acting career in the early 1980s with an appearance in The Dukes of Hazzard. He is mostly recognizable for his role as the protagonist's friend in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Kurgan in Highlander (1986), prison guard Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), a drill instructor in Starship Troopers (1997) and the preacher Meacham in Cowboys & Aliens (2011).
Having a deep and resonant voice, he also works as a voice actor for both animation and video games, including Mortal Kombat (1995), Gargoyles (1995–1996), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008; a show which featured heavy involvement from Dave Filoni and Giancarlo Volpe). He also voiced Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe's Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), Justice League (2001–2004) and Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006).
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Biography[edit | edit source]
Clancy Brown provided the voice of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Montross in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, the Nightbrother turned Sith Lord Savage Opress in The Clone Wars and Imperial Governor turned Rebel Alliance member Ryder Azadi for Star Wars Rebels. He also portrayed the Devaronian Burg in the Disney+ live-action TV series The Mandalorian.
Star Wars live-action work[edit | edit source]
Star Wars voice work[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Montross)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Savage Opress, Additional Voices)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Monster" (Savage Opress, Nightbrother #3)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Witches of the Mist" (Savage Opress)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Brothers" (Savage Opress)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Revenge" (Savage Opress, Human Bounty Hunter)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Revival" (Savage Opress)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence" (Savage Opress)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shades of Reason" (Savage Opress)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Lawless" (Savage Opress, Mandalorian Super Commando)
- Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars Rebels – "Legacy" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "A Princess on Lothal" (Ryder Azadi, Imperial Officer, Stormtrooper #2)
- Star Wars Rebels – "An Inside Man" (Factory Worker, Ryder Azadi, Stormtrooper Commander)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Zero Hour" (Ryder Azadi, Rebel Pilot #2)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Flight of the Defender" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Kindred" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Crawler Commandeers" (Ryder Azadi, Slave Master)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Rebel Assault" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "DUME" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "A Fool's Hope" (Ryder Azadi)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Family Reunion – and Farewell" (Ryder Azadi)
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- New Solo Poster, Actor Clancy Brown Talks Star Wars Rebels, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
External links[edit | edit source]
- Official Site
- Clancy Brown on Wikipedia
- Clancy Brown at the Internet Movie Database
